14-year-old Hani Jawhari from Louisiana is currently 6-1-1 in the tournament. We featured young Hani Jawhari and his brother Hisam in our Round 2 Feature Matches yesterday, when Hani Jawhari picked a tie. Since then, Hani Jawhari has fought his way to the top tables, surpassing his older brother and remaining in contention for a Top 32 finish. Now, he’s paired up against Infernoid Duelist Henry Tumkaya. Tumkaya is using Void Imagination in his Infernoid Deck – a powerful card that can send lots of Infernoids to the Graveyard at once, but that many competitive Duelists have decided to exclude in past versions of Infernoid Decks. Will Tumkaya’s unique Deck choice and creative build allow him to win this Round 9 Feature Match, or will young Hani Jawhari’s Performapal Pendulum Deck be too much for him to handle? We’re about to find out.

It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

 

Jawhari chose to go first and opened up with Performapal Skullcrobat Joker, Master Pendulum, the Dracoslayer, Performapal Guitartle, and 2 copies of Guiding Ariadne. He placed Master Pendulum and Ariadne in his Pendulum Zones and then used the effect of Master Pendulum to destroy Ariadne. Next, he used Ariadne’s effect to reveal 2 copies of Solemn Scolding and a Solemn Warning from his Deck. Tumkaya chose to add the Scolding to Jawhari’s hand. Next, Jawhari Normal Summoned Performapal Skullcrobat Joker. He activated its effect to add Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer to his hand and then placed Guitartle in his Pendulum Zone. Then, he Pendulum Summoned Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer and Guiding Ariadne from his hand, and 1 Guiding Ariadne from his Extra Deck. He destroyed Master Pendulum and Guiding Ariadne with the effect of Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer to add Performapal Lizardraw and Performapal Monkeyboard from his Deck to his hand, and then used Ariadne’s effect to reveal Solemn Scolding, Solemn Warning, and Solemn Strike from his Deck. Tumkaya chose to give Jawhari the Scolding. Next, Jawhari activated Lizardraw and used the effect of Guitartle to draw a card. He destroyed the Lizardraw to draw another card next. Then, he combined Guiding Ariadne with Performapal Skullcrobat Joker to Xyz Summon Majester Paladin, the Ascending Dracoslayer in Defense Position, and then detached an Xyz Material from it to Special Summon Master Pendulum from his Extra Deck. He sent Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer and Master Pendulum back to his Extra Deck to Summon Dinoster Power, the Mighty Dracoslayer and then used Dinoster Power’s effect to Special Summon Master Pendulum from his hand. In his End Phase, Jawhari added Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer from his Deck to his hand with the effect of his Majester Paladin.

 

 

Tumkaya Summoned Lyla and activated its effect to switch it into Defense Position and destroy Solemn Scolding. Next, he activated Reasoning! Jawhari declared Level 1, and Tumkaya sent 3 Infernoids plus a bunch of Spell Cards from his Deck to his Graveyard before revealing Infernoid Decatron and sending it to the Graveyard! Next, Tumkaya banished Infernoid Antra from his Graveyard to Special Summon Infernoid Patrulea from his hand. He activated One for One next, sending Infernoid Harmadik from his hand to his Graveyard to Special Summon Decatron from his Deck. He activated Decatron’s effect to send Infernoid Harmadik from his Deck to his Graveyard, gain its Levels, and copy its effect. Next, he used his Decatron’s effect to destroy Dinoster Power, and then used Patrulea’s effect to destroy Performapal Guitartle. Tumkaya Tuned his Decatron with Patrulea to Synchro Summon PSY-Framelord Omega. Next, he activated its effect and banished it from the field to banish Performapal Monkeyboard from Jawhari’s hand. Then, he banished Infernoid Patrulea and Infernoid Harmadik from his Graveyard to Special Summon Infernoid Attondel from his Graveyard. He attacked Majester Paladin, the Ascending Dracoslayer and Master Pendulum with Attondel, destroying them both. In his End Phase, Tumkaya sent 2 more Infernoids and a Raigeki from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard with Lyla’s effect.

 

Jawhari drew Solemn Warning and then activated Unexpected Dai to Special Summon Vector Pendulum, the Dracoverlord from his Deck. Then, he Normal Summoned Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer and Tuned his 2 monsters together to Synchro Summon Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer. He activated its effect to Special Summon Master Pendulum, the Dracoslayer from his Deck in Defense Position and then used his Ignister Prominence’s effect. Tumkaya Chained Attondel’s effect to Tribute it and banish Performapal Skullcrobat Joker from Jawhari’s Graveyard. Next, Jawhari destroyed his own Master Pendulum with the effect of his Ignister Prominence and shuffled Lyla back into Tumkaya’s Deck. Jawhari Set Solemn Warning and Solemn Scolding before passing.

 

Tumkaya drew a card and then Omega returned to his field and Monkeyboard returned to Jawhari’s hand. Next, Tumkaya banished Patrulea and Harmadik from his Graveyard to Special Summon Attondel from his Graveyard. He attempted to Summon Infernoid Decatron next, but lost out to Solemn Warning. Then, Tumkaya activated the effect of his Omega to banish it from the field and banish Monkeyboard from Jawhari’s hand. Next, Tumkaya Special Summoned another Attondel from his Graveyard by banishing 2 Decatrons from his Graveyard. He combined both Attondels to Xyz Summon Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy, but Jawhari flipped Solemn Scolding and paid 3000 Life Points to negate its Summon!

 

Jawhari drew Upstart Goblin and activated it to draw Lizardraw and give Tumkaya 1000 Life Points. He attacked directly with Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer, dropping Tumkaya down to 3300 Life Points.

 

Tumkaya returned Omega to his field, and Jawhari added the Monkeyboard back to his hand. Next, Tumkaya activated Rekindling to Special Summon Infernoid Decatron from his Graveyard to his field, prompting Jawhari to concede.

 

 

Henry Tumkaya wins Duel 1 with his Infernoids!

 

Duel Two
Jawhari opened up Duel 2 with Imperial Iron Wall, Rescue Hamster, Upstart Goblin, Performapal Guitartle, and Guiding Ariadne.

 

 

He activated Upstart Goblin to draw Solemn Scolding from his Deck and give Tumkaya 1000 Life Points. Then he Set Solemn Scolding, Imperial Iron Wall, and Guiding Ariadne before passing.

 

Tumkaya drew a card and Jawhari activated Imperial Iron Wall in his Standby Phase. Tumkaya Chained Twin Twisters by discarding Attondel; but Jawhari Chained Solemn Scolding to negate it! Next, Tumkaya activated Charge of the Light Brigade, sending Lyla, Breakthrough Skill, and Reasoning from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard. With only 1 Lyla in his Deck, he added Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn from his Deck to his Graveyard with Charge’s effect. Next, he activated Reasoning. Jawhari declared Level 1, and Tumkaya sent Infernoid Antra and Infernoid Decatron from his Deck to his Graveyard. Next, Tumkaya Summoned Raiden and activated its effect to send Scapegoat and Burial from a Different Dimension from his Deck to his Graveyard. He attacked Guiding Ariadne with Raiden, and when it was destroyed, Jawhari revealed Solemn Warning, Solemn Strike, and Solemn Scolding from his Deck with its effect. Tumkaya added the Solemn Strike to Jawhari’s hand. Tumkaya Set a card to his back row and then sent Decatron and Void Imagination from his Deck to his Graveyard in his End Phase with Raiden’s effect.

 

Jawhari drew Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer and then placed Guitartle in his Pendulum Zone. He placed Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer next, and activated Guitartle’s effect; but Tumkaya Chained Twin Twisters, discarding Patrulea, to destroy the Guitartle and the Imperial Iron Wall. Next, Jawhari Summoned Rescue Hamster and sent it to his Extra Deck to Special Summon 2 copies of Guiding Ariadne from his Deck to his field in Attack Position. He combined bother of them to Xyz Summon King of the Feral Imps and detached an Xyz Material from it to add Performapal Lizardraw from his Deck to his hand. Then, he placed Lizardraw in his Pendulum Zone, and Pendulum Summoned Guiding Ariadne and Hamster from his Extra Deck. He sent the Lizardraw to his Extra Deck to draw Solemn Strike from his Deck next, and then combined Guiding Ariadne with his Hamster to Xyz Summon Majester Paladin, the Ascending Dracoslayer. He attacked Raiden with his Majester Paladin to destroy it, and then attacked directly with King of the Feral Imps, dropping Tumkaya down to 6550 Life Points. He added Performapal Skullcrobat Joker from his Deck to his hand with the effect of his Paladin in his End Phase.

 

Tumkaya banished 2 Infernoids from his Graveyard to Special Summon Infernoid Attondel from his Graveyard. Then, he attacked Majester Paladin with Attondel to destroy it. Attondel attacked King of the Feral Imps next, destroying it and dropping Jawhari down to 3550 Life Points.

 

Jawhari drew Masked Chameleon. He Summoned Performapal Skullcrobat Joker and activated its effect to add Performapal Lizardraw to his hand. Then, he placed it in his Pendulum Zone and Pendulum Summoned Masked Chameleon and Vector Pendulum, the Dracoverlord from his hand, along with a Lizardraw from his Extra Deck. He Tuned his Chameleon with Vector to Synchro Summon Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer and then used its effect to Special Summon Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer from his Deck in Defense Position. He sent the Lizardraw in his Pendulum Zone to his Extra Deck to draw Imperial Iron Wall and Set it. Then, he used Ignister Prominence’s effect to shuffle Attondel into Tumkaya’s Deck, prompting Tumkaya to concede.

 

 

Hani Jawhari takes the second Duel with his Performapals!

 

Duel Three

 

Tumkaya chose to go second in Duel 3!

 

 

Jawhari opened up with Maxx “C”, Performapal Guitartle, Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer, Performapal Lizardraw, and Performapal Monkeyboard. He activated Guitartle and then activated Lizardraw. He used Guitartle’s effect to draw Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer and then used Lizardraw’s effect to destroy it and draw Draco Face-Off. Next, he activated Performapal Monkeyboard and used its effect to add Performapal Silver Claw to his hand. He activated Draco Face-Off next, choosing Vector Pendulum and Master Pendulum from his Deck, and Special Summoned Vector Pendulum to the field while sending Master Pendulum to his Extra Deck. He Pendulum Summoned Master Pendulum from his Extra Deck and Luster Pendulum, Silver Claw, and Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer from his hand. He used his Sorcerer’s effect to destroy his Pendulum Scales and add Guitartle and Performapal Skullcrobat Joker from his Deck to his hand. He Tuned Luster Pendulum with his Sorcerer to Xyz Summon Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer and then used its effect to Special Summon Master Pendulum from his Deck in Defense Position. Next, he combined Master Pendulum with Vector to Xyz Summon Majester Paladin, the Ascending Dracoslayer in Defense Position and used its effect to Special Summon Luster Pendulum from his Extra Deck. He combined Luster Pendulum with Silver Claw to Summon Dinoster Power from his Extra Deck, and used its effect to Special Summon Master Pendulum. He combined his 2 Master Pendulums to Summon Number 106: Giant Hand in Defense Position and then combined Dinoster with Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer to Xyz Summon Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy! In his End Phase he added Guiding Ariadne from his Deck to his hand with the effect of his Majester Paladin.

 

 

Tumkaya activated Void Imagination! He activated its effect by sending it to the Graveyard and Jawhari negated the effect with his Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy and attached the Spell Card to Number 38 as an Xyz Material! Next, Tumkaya activated another copy of Void Imagination, and Jawhari Chained Maxx “C”! Tumkaya sent Void Imagination to his Graveyard to activate its effect and send 6 Infernoids from his Deck to his Graveyard and Special Summon Infernoid Tierra from his Extra Deck!

 

 

He activated Tierra’s effect, and then both Duelists sent 3 cards from their Extra Decks to their Graveyard and 3 cards from the top of the Deck to the Graveyard. Jawhari also drew Imperial Iron Wall with the effect of Maxx “C”. Next, Tumkaya attacked Number 106: Giant Hand with Tierra to destroy it. Then, Jawhari used Number 38’s effect to give Majester Paladin ATK equal to Giant Hand’s ATK. Next, Tumkaya Summoned Decatron and activated its effect to send Seitsemas from his Deck to his Graveyard. He used Decatron’s effect to Tribute Tierra and banish Master Pendulum from Jawhari’s Graveyard. Then, he Special Summoned Attondel from his Graveyard by banishing Tierra and Harmadik from his Graveyard, allowing Jawhari to draw a card. He combined Decatron with Attondel to Xyz Summon Divine Dragon Knight Felgrand, and Jawhari drew another card thanks to Maxx “C”. Next, Tumkaya banished 3 Infernoids from his Graveyard to Special Summon Infernoid Onuncu, giving Jawhari another card off of Maxx “C”, and activated Onuncu’s effect to destroy all other monsters on the field. Tumkaya Chained the effect of Felgrand to have it protect itself. He Set a card to his back row before passing his turn. Time in the round was called during this turn, giving the Duelists only 5 more turns to complete their Duel!

 

Jawhari placed Guitartle in his Pendulum Zone, followed by Guiding Ariadne. Tumkaya activated Twin Twisters and discarded Patrulea to destroy both. Then, Jawhari placed Master Pendulum in his Pendulum Zone and Normal Summoned Performapal Skullcrobat Joker. He activated its effect, but Tumkaya detached an Xyz Material from Felgrand to negate it. Next, Jawhari placed Guiding Ariadne in his Pendulum Zone. He used the effect of Master Pendulum to try to destroy Guiding Ariadne, but Tumkaya activated Onuncu’s effect to Tribute it and negate the effect of Master Pendulum while banishing Master Pendulum.

 

Tumkaya banished 2 more Infernoids from his Graveyard to Special Summon Seitsemas from his Graveyard and then Normal Summoned Infernoid Decatron. He activated its effect to send Infernoid Patrulea from his Deck to his Graveyard and copy its effect. Then he used its effect to destroy Jawhari’s face-down Solemn Warning. Next, he attacked Skullcrobat Joker with Seitsemas to destroy it and deal 800 points of damage to Jawhari. Then, he attacked directly with Felgrand, dropping Jawhari down to 4400 Life Points. At the end of the Battle Phase, he used Seitsemas’s effect to banish Guiding Ariadne from the field. Then, he activated the effects of the 2 PSY-Framelord Omegas in his Graveyard (sent there by Tierra earlier) to shuffle Lyla and Monster Gate from his Graveyard into his Deck.

 

Jawhari Set a Guiding Ariadne and Set a card to his back row.

 

Tumkaya activated Reasoning, and Jawhari declared Level 4. Tumkaya sent 14 cards from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard, including 4 Infernoids, before revealing Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn and sending that to the Graveyard too. Tumkaya attacked Guiding Ariadne with Seitsemas to destroy it, giving Jawhari a Scolding from his Deck, and then attacked directly with Felgrand. Tumkaya used his Decatron’s effect to destroy Draco Face-Off and then Set a card to his back row.

 

In the final turn of overtime, Jawhari drew Archfiend Eccentrick! He placed it along with Vector into his Pendulum Zones and then Pendulum Summon 5 monsters from his Extra Deck: Silver Claw, Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer, Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer, Performapal Skullcrobat Joker, and Guiding Ariadne. He then sent his Archfiend to the Extra Deck to try to destroy Breakthrough Skill, and Tumkaya Chained it to negate Silver Claw’s effect. Next, Jawhari Tuned Luster Pendulum with Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer to Synchro Summon Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer and used its effect to destroy his own Vector in his Pendulum Zone and return Felgrand to Tumkaya’s Extra Deck. Then, he combined Guiding Ariadne with Performapal Skullcrobat Joker to Xyz Summon Number 39: Utopia! Then, he upgraded it to Number S39: Utopia the Lightning!

 

 

He attacked Decatron with Utopia the Lightning and detached both Xyz Materials from it to increase his monster’s ATK to 5000! Then he attacked over Seitsemas with Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer, and attacked directly with Silver Claw, dropping Tumkaya down to 1450 Life Points. With 1600 Life Points left and both Duelists in the final turn, Hani Jawhari was declared the winner!

 

14-year-old Hani Jawhari takes a narrow victory over Henry Tumkaya’s Infernoid Deck to advance with a 7-1-1 record!